It's been used in student government and there's been some research behind it. I originally heard about it on an episode of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast.

https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/the-powerball-revolution/

https://democracyinpractice.org/

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.00422-16

Sortition was part of election process for Venetian doges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_Venice

Jury duty.